An "adverse event" in a hospital can range from a patient slipping in the shower and fracturing a bone, to surgery performed on the wrong body part.

Regardless of the severity, hospitals are expected to report a host of such events that cause harm. In the latest Adverse Event Report from the state Department of Public Health, which contains data from 2011, the hospitals with the highest rate of adverse events per 100,000 inpatient days were Charlotte Hungerford in Torrington, Sharon Hospital and New Milford Hospital.

Jean Rexford, executive director for the Connecticut Center for Patient Safety, cautioned that people should not be alarmed.

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